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Two Kinds of Ferritin Protect Ixodid Ticks from Iron Overload and Consequent Oxidative Stress

Ticks are obligate hematophagous parasites that have successfully developed counteractive means against their hosts' immune and hemostatic mechanisms, but their ability to cope with potentially toxic molecules in the blood remains unclear. Iron is important in various physiological processes bu...

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Autores principales: Galay, Remil Linggatong, Umemiya-Shirafuji, Rika, Bacolod, Eugene T., Maeda, Hiroki, Kusakisako, Kodai, Koyama, Jiro, Tsuji, Naotoshi, Mochizuki, Masami, Fujisaki, Kozo, Tanaka, Tetsuya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24594832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090661